Press Release

A group exhibition exploring solitude, memory, embodiment, and interiority 

Rooms brings together the work of eleven contemporary artists whose practices explore inner worlds. These ‘rooms’ are not just places — they are metaphors for the self, sanctuaries of grief and joy, sites of ritual and transformation. 

From quiet domestic interiors to expansive landscapes of the mind, Rooms traverses personal memory, childhood nostalgia, spiritual inquiry, and embodied experience. The exhibition offers a deeply intimate reflection on how we navigate the spaces we carry within us and the ones we return to when we are alone. 

Written by the Curator, 

Penelope Gordon 

Featured Artists 

Sebastian Alabaster ‘To M’ 
Glass and Ash 
 
To M reconfigures the idea of an urn, following the death of Sebastian’s grandmother. This piece reconnects human life to nature and the cycle of return. Inside of the glass face, the internal object is coated in burnt ashes. The act of cremation pulls apart the body and breaks down its physical appearance. Through the act of scattering ashes, we entangle with the landscape and nature again. We return to becoming an active participant in the cycle of life. In this way the glass face represents this connection to humanity that can often be lost without a physical body. Sebastian’s piece meditates on loss and the elemental bonds that unite us beyond the physical. 

Email: Sebastian.alabaster.art@gmail.com 
Instagram: sebastian.alabaster.art` 
 

Seonaid Best  

‘For We Are Where We Are Not’  
Oil and Charcoal 
 
‘Conditional Passage’ 
Mixed media on canvas and wood box 

Instagram: _s.best 
 

Emily Bromage ‘Nocturne’  
Stoneware Clay, underglaze and clear glaze 
 
Four faces, emerging from the blue. This sequential visual pattern represents an individual's relationship to their body and how their understanding of their physical and emotional state can shift over time. Each face holds their own thoughts but can be seen as an iteration of the same character, reflecting a transformation of the self day after day. In solitude, the individual meets herself — again and again — and finds peace in repetition. 

Instagram: emily_atb_art 
 

Katie Churchill ‘Still Water Room’ 
Cyanotype on Watercolour paper 
 
With a poetic cyanotype titled Still Water Room, Katie explores the body’s interaction with personal space. The image captures a moment of contemplative solitude in the family home — both sanctuary and shadow — articulating the intimacy of being seen and of seeing oneself. 

Instagram: katiemchurchill 
 

Lee Edwards  

‘Got colder at some point’ (2024) 

‘..this morning..’ (2024) 
 
‘Theres a lot to explore there..’ (2025) 
Graphite on Paper 
Price: £1500 each 
 
Lee is exhibiting three graphite drawings on paper that came out of an artist residency in Japan. Immersed and surrounded by the hilly wooded landscape, these works are a direct response to place as well as a disconnection from his familiar surroundings and relationships back home in the UK. 

Lee is represented by Domobaal, London 

www.domobaal.com 
www.leeedwardsart.co.uk 
Instagram: leeedwardsart 

 
Georgia Fielding  

‘In and Out of Sleep’  
Oil on Copper 

‘Sleepless Night I’ 
Oil on Copper 
 
Georgia’s paintings explore the physical and mental struggles caused by experiences with insomnia. By navigating the threshold between waking and dreaming, she captures a liminal experience of time, movement, and space resulting in a fluid state that leads into the quality of her paintings directly. 

Email: Georgia.fielding.05@gmail.com 
Instagram: georgia_fielding  
 

Laura Gaggero ‘An Ode to My Body’ 
Printed photographs 
 
In An Ode to My Body, Gaggero confronts the isolation of living in a body marked by chronic illness, judgement and contradiction, feeling simultaneously invisible and hyper-visible. Through her lens, we see the intimate power of reclaiming space — internal and external. 
 
“This body has experiences trauma and grief, but mostly, it has known joy, warmth and love. It’s a vessel that I’ve learnt to protect and honour despite its challenges, a longing to reconcile with myself, to reclaim space – to feel whole, and less alone. This project is not just about suffering but about the strength in vulnerability and the quiet resilience that grows in solitude. “ 
 

Instagram: Laura.gaggero 
 

Penelope Gordon 

‘Mirror World’ 
Acrylic, Oil and Oil pastel  

‘Void’ 
Oil and Oil pastel  

In Mirror World and Void, Penelope constructs saccharine, dreamlike interiors that unsettle and seduce. Inspired by childhood memories, her pieces reveal the uncanny beauty of forgotten rooms, haunted by nostalgia and unspoken longing. 

Email: penelopegdn@gmail.com 
Instagram: babeatron3000 
 

Isabel Heal ‘Clutch’ 
Oil and wax on canvas 

Heal’s work emerges through the rhythm of repeating bodily gestures, deliberate and meditative motions that ground both process and emotional exploration. Using her body as a tool , Isabel emphasises a direct, physical relationship with the surface — the canvas becoming a site of emotional and physical labour. The layering of marks mirror the layers of her emotions: fear, grief, resilience, and release. ‘Clutch’ is a site of personal transformation, made during a time of deep isolation. It is both a map of grief and an ode to endurance. 

Email: Isabelhealart@gmail.com 
 

Luba Wilson-Max ‘Just Looking for a Protector’ 
Oil and oil pastel   
 
Luba’s work reflects on the loneliness of independence and specifically how growing up being described as ‘mature’ and ‘responsible’ affected her through girlhood and the person she is today, in both negative and positive ways. Over the years due to her interest in spirituality she has continually embraced the idea that you can only truly rely on yourself which is a truth that is freeing and isolating as it means learning to be comfortable with asking for help. Her work investigates the tension between self-reliance and the human need for care — a room built from spiritual reflection and emotional vulnerability. 

Instagram: lwm.art 
 

Andreea Munteanu 

‘Take me as I am’  
Oil on plywood 

This piece represents the act of putting one’s heart on the table, so to speak. With outstretched hands and open arms, she creates spaces of emotional offering. A silent plea for love. Open arms. 
“I take you as you are, do you?”  

‘Can I be ugly in your arms?’ 
Oil on beechwood 
 
In this painting, Andreea invites you to sit down with her, 
“Here, I embrace myself as I wait to be embraced by another. Waiting. Always waiting. Sit down beside me, and finish this sentence, “Love is____”. Write as much as your heart desires.” 
 
Munteanu’s work is an invitation: to sit, to feel, to love. Her paintings are silent conversations, where vulnerability is met with patience, and waiting becomes a gesture of hope. 

Email: reeamunteanu@gmail.com 
Instagram:andreeamnttt 

Special Thanks 

Make up by Jessica Sebastiao 

Instagram: 1tsjustjess 

For press inquiries, images, and further information: 
Instagram: rooms.exhibit 
Email: alonebutnotlonelyxpo@gmail.com